Brrr-ace for more BITTER COLD

January 24, 2013 12:52 AM

Erie Downtown Partnership employee Gary Geisler clears a sidewalk on the west side of French Street near East 13th Street in Erie on Jan. 23. Geisler and another employee on the west side of State Street were out clearing sidewalks from the bayfront to 14th Street between Holland and Sassafras streets. GREG WOHLFORD/ERIE TIMES-NEWS

Which is snowiestErie's 43.8 inches of snow so far is 15.3 inches below our normal total for this point in the season. But it puts us near the top in the snowfall derby. How other cities stack up:

Cleveland: 17.1 inches

Buffalo: 25.3 inches

Rochester, N.Y.: 30.3 inches

Syracuse, N.Y.:45 inches

SOURCE: National Weather Service

Snow, cold continue

The Erie International Airport recorded 1.1 inches of snow Wednesday, pushing Erie's January snowfall total to 20.3 inches, according to the National Weather Service office in Cleveland. The high temperature Wednesday was 15 degrees at 3:46 p.m. The low was 10 degrees at 7:24 a.m. Erie's average high and low temperatures for Jan. 23 are 33 and 20. A lake-effect snow warning for Erie and Crawford counties remains in effect until 10 a.m. today, according to the weather service.